Joseph Laine

Joseph Henri Joachim Laine (11 November 1768-17 December 1835) was the Interior Minister of France from 1816 to 1818 and a Royalist politician.

Biography
Joseph Henri Joachim Laine was born in Bordeaux, France in 1768, and he became a successful lawyer in Paris before working for the French Directory and becoming a member of the Legislative Corps in 1808. Following the Bourbon Restoration, he was created a non-noble Chevalier du Saint-Espirit by King Louis XVIII of France, and he served as Interior Minister form 1816 to 1818. He died in 1835.